Materials that convert pressure into electricity shown to be more effective when patterned
Generating the Most Energy from Movement
Starch Immobilized Catalyst for Aminonitrile Production
Ruthenium immobilized with corn starch is highly efficient and recyclable catalyst for oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines
Carbon Catalyst for Dehydrogenation
Mesoporous carbon beats its nano-structure counterpart in the dehydrogenation of propane to propylene without the need for auxiliary steam
Color Switching in Ionic Liquid Crystals
Color switching between green and white luminescence possible with ionic liquid crystals that contain terbium
Purification of Drinking Water by Sand
Nanocoated sand shows five times the filtering capacity of regular sand in removing mercury and a dye molecule from water
Diamonds are for Electrodes
A tiny analytical device fabricated entirely from diamond could be used to measure hydrodynamic flow in electroanalytical applications
Multifunctional Metallogels for Smart Materials
New platinum complexes that form metallogels in organic solvents also have interesting photochromic properties
Novel Pyrotechnic Flare Protect Aircraft
2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene (TNT)/KClO4 pyrolant system gives aricraft better protection against missile seekers
New Type of Carbene Ligand
Swapping carbon for a nitrogen in N-heterocyclic carbenes gives a previously unknown nitrenium ligand
Cr–Cr Quintuple Bonds
The very high bond orders in Cr–Cr revealed to be of similar reactivity to C–C multiple bonds